This Week in Business

SPACs - special-purpose acquisition companies - are the latest rage in finance. They are firms designed to help another go public by going around the traditional IPO process to raise funding, and The Wall Street Journal estimates that so far this year, five new SPACs are formed daily. Wharton Finance Professor Nick Roussanov talks to Dan Loney about understanding SPACs, and his recent LinkedIn Live event talking about the issue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kara Swisher, Host of "Sway" and "Pivot" podcasts, Contributing Opinion Writer for NYT, and Co-Founder of Recode, joins Dan Loney to talk about last week's Wharton Analytics Conference during which she spoke about algorithms, how the pandemic has accelerated certain tech trends, and how to regulate tech platforms moving forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Older Americans are carrying more debt into retirement which is leading to problems with retirement savings. Olivia Mitchell, Wharton Finance Professor, talks about the impact of debt on older Americans and her associated research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood Foundation, spoke to Dan Loney about the racial wealth gap and its new NinetyToZero initiative. NinetyToZero includes a wide range of CEOs and organizations that have come together with the goal to close the 90% wealth gap and make significant change that also might increase U.S. GDP over time. Wharton is the lead research partner for this initiative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iwan Barankay, Wharton Associate Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, discusses Citigroup's rollout of "No Zoom Fridays" and how other companies will approach instituting work-life balance policies in this next phase of hybrid work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zeke Emanuel, Member of Biden's Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board and Penn's Vice Provost of Global Initiative, talks to Dan Loney about the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare industry, telemedicine and vaccine access as part of Wharton Business Daily's special, "The Pandemic: One Year Later." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Celebrity Chef & Restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson talks to Dan Loney about the unimaginable toll the pandemic has taken on the restaurant industry and how he is working to build back up for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Finance Professor Michael Roberts talks with Dan Loney about why not paying down your mortgage early and instead, investing that money in riskier options, might be a better move in the long run. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Shira Teitel, Space Historian and author of Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Space Flight, spoke with Dan Loney about women in STEM careers - and specifically in the aerospace industry - as part of Wharton Business Daily's Women's History Month special. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finding COVID-19 vaccine appointments can be a challenging feat, and as more COVID-19 vaccines become available, more people will need to find pharmacies and other locations closest to them where they can be vaccinated. David Newell, Wharton Student and Founder of findashot.org, talks to Dan Loney about the website he created to help people find COVID vaccines, and how finding shots for his parents were his inspiration for creating this tool to help others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.